The Latest: Police to blow up device found near NYC bombing

18, 2016, after an incident that injured passers-by Saturday night. . New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Mayor Bill de Blasio walk towards the scene of an explosion on West 23rd street in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, in New York, Sunday, Sept.

Lawmakers’ European trip shows holes in campaigna

Lawmakers' European trip shows holes in campaign law Gaping holes in state laws that allow lawmakers to use campaign money for investments Check out this story on jacksonsun.com: An investigation into expelled lawmaker Jeremy Durham's campaign finances revealed loopholes in state laws, including one that allowed a GOP donor to take six lawmakers on a European trip without anyone needing to report the gift.

Kaine says Catholic Church might change on gay marriage

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine is predicting that the Roman Catholic Church may eventually change its opposition to gay marriage. Kaine is a devout Roman Catholic as well as a U.S. senator from Virginia and a former governor of that state.

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Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a Nobel peace laureate known as the "saint of the gutters" during her lifetime, is proclaimed a saint of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis. , expect by 1030/6.30 A.M., by Isla Binnie, 600 words) HONG KONG - Hong Kong votes in its first major election since pro-democracy protests in 2014 and one of its most contentious ever, with a push for independence among disaffected youth emerging as a major theme stoking tension with China's government.

France meets Muslim leaders, experts after burkini row

France's Interior minister has gathered leaders of the country's Muslim community, experts and lawmakers to mend relations between Islam and the French state undermined by the burkinis dispute. Bernard Cazeneuve, who also has government responsibility for maintaining good relations with religious denominations, told the La Croix newspaper ahead of Monday's meeting that he wants to create a foundation to help promote "an Islam of France" that respects French secular values.

FLASHBACK: Hillary Clinton Once Accused Donald Trump of Working for the Islamic State

"They are going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists," she claimed as part of her response to a question from "ABC World News Tonight" anchor David Muir about the GOP nominee's proposed Muslim ban. Multiple fact checkers rated her statement as false , and the Clinton campaign walked back her claim.

First Vote: A Dispatch special series

Each Tuesday in July, The Dispatch will feature stories from young voters who will cast their first ballots for president this November, as well as those from veteran voters remembering their first time voting for president. The general election is set for Nov. 8. Jacob Craig registered to vote in spring 2015.

What Tim Kaine brings to the Democratic ticket

Hillary Clinton's running mate, U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, has been described by critics as a snoozer of a choice who could fail to inspire the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party, blue collar workers and others. Instead, they describe a deep thinker with a light touch - a person who reads dense books on philosophy for fun but also jams on harmonica with any band that will let him play along.

Who said 2016 was unusual? For religious groups, it looks like 2012 all over again.

For all the talk about 2016 being a wildly unusual election cycle, it's looking a whole lot like 2012. When it comes to how religious and non-religious voters appraise candidates, the prospective Clinton-Trump matchup resembles the Obama-Romney choice, the Pew Research Center found in a new poll, the results of which it announced Wednesday.

How presidents can succeed by disappointing their base

President Obama speaks at the General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at National Harbor in Maryland in December 2011. Regardless of whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton wins November's election, the next president faces what looks to be a nearly impossible task when it comes to governing: Persuading the other side to compromise.

Smooth operator: He escaped the FBI using olive oil

The leader of a polygamous Utah sect may have came up with a simple but slippery way to escape law enforcement late last month: olive oil. Lyle Jeffs, the leader of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was initially being held in jail after federal authorities arrested him and 10 other church leaders over a food-stamp-fraud case earlier this year.

The way it was: Today in history

Throwback Thursday: A look back in history on June 30, including Hong Kong reverting to Chinese rule, Diego Maradona caught doping and the NYC subway costing 10 cents. A Douglas Dauntless dive bomber noses over as the pilot miscalculates a landing on the deck of one of America's newest aircraft carriers, somewhere at sea, on June 30, 1943.

After nearly 12 year fight, historic Catholic Church in Mass. closes

The church is closing after a nearly 12-year, around-the-clock vigil by parishioners who had tried to keep their beloved house of worship open. In 2004, when low attendance forced the St. Frances church in Boston to close, more than 100 parishioners started taking shifts occupying the pre... Named after the first Italian-American saint, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Church has sat near the shore of Scituate, Massachusetts since the 1960s.